I can't believe this game didn't get better review scores.  I just picked it up for $20 at Gamestop and I've been having an absolute blast with it.  The variety of combat moves is great, and dispatching your enemies in this game is incredibly satisfying.

The only missing features I would have liked to see are a way to replay any level after you have beaten it the first time, and a co-op mode to play with one other player would have been cool.  It would have been cool if they made A'kanna a playable character with her own variations on the combat moves as well.

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It was alot of fun at times. And at other times I literally wanted to snap the disc in half.

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I totally agree, this is a great game.  I got mine from Gamestop over the weekend, and have been overall very impressed with the detailed graphics, nifty ways to kill, copious amounts of bloos, and actual naked breasts on the perky young maidens (and I've spent the last couple of days trying in vain to recall if I've ever played a video game that depicts nudity at such a level as this one).  Gamespot.com actually gave this a 7.5, and I think GameInformer was close, and it was those reviews that kept me interested (until the price was reasonable).  I actually think that given the lack of a deep story, multiplayer, etc, the scores were higher than average.

Anyway, surprisingly good game, though last night's fight with that big dragon almost had me throwing the controller (playing on "Hard" mode).

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Holy crap, I've loved every minute of it.  Every minute

So far I am enjoying this game. Picked it up at FYE for $15.

I have a huge Collection. This game is pretty true to the comics.

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 VonStrom wrote:

So far I am enjoying this game. Picked it up at FYE for $15.

I have a huge Collection. This game is pretty true to the comics.

You have a huge collection?  I have 80 retail 360 games and 60 XBLA.  How about you?

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 Sykopathic wrote:

It was alot of fun at times. And at other times I literally wanted to snap the disc in half.

same here!! it can get pretty annoying sometimes. I can't imagine playing on the hardest difficulty.

oh, espcially the last boss. HE WAS ANNOYING. the most annoyingest boss fight i've ever dealt with!

I don't see why people were so hard on it.  I'm about an hour and a half into it and I'm enjoying it so far.

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Yeah I just borrowed this and I was surprised how much I liked it. The boss fights can be alittle annoying but at least they didn't feel too cheap.

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I can't wait to play this game.

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i dunno it was ok i hope any future conan games get that feeling of high adventure and freedom to do as you want with some rpg elements and exploring

The best quote in this awesome game

"Take me and crush me with your Love!"

LOVE this game!  So far the action is satisfying, love splitting enemies in half... can't wait to see more over-the-top moves!!

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It was ok it started out great but the last boss was lame and had little character (and he was the last BOSS).

They coulda made it a lot better if Conan's enemy was something more standard such as another Barbarian or something. Instead it was some tentacle thing that was like a rip off of that black stuff in the xfiles....

LAME!!!

Still the early bosses were fun such as the Sanddragon, Witch queen, and Undead Elephant. If they woulda made more bosses like them it woulda been much better. My fav was the witch queen i did not expect him to shove that staff all the way down her throat.... And thats what i want from games.

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I just beat the game on 'Hard' like 20 minutes ago. Had started it earlier this year, but got side tracked with other games and my new job. Took it off my shelf and got back into it a few days ago... gotta admit that once I started playing again, I was hooked.

This game is a very solid beat 'em up... nothing more and it doesn't try to be more... that's what I love about it. I grew up playing Double Dragon, Golden Axe, and Streets of Rage... and this game fits so nicely into that genre. Awesome combos, severed arms and heads flying off, and pretty darn challenging. Thankfully, the game has many checkpoints.

I'm personally very glad they didn't add any RPG elements to the game. In fact, I think the game would've been even better if the combos unlocked by themselves instead of having to enter the menu to do it. The constant menu switches is really what turned me off about Too Human ("Ooh, I picked up a new weapon... let me press Back, Weapons, Guns... now to find it... oh here it is, let me select it... well, it isn't a powerful as I thought, let me switch back to my old one... which one was it again?"). Going in and out of menus and looking through stats is great for some games, but when I just want some fast-paced hacking 'n slashing, the last place I wanna be is in a menu trying to make a decision on what combo I want to unlock... so I just started choosing the very first one on the list.

For the price Conan is going for now, it's a heck of a deal.

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I played and beat this game a while ago. I have to say, it's the most fun I've had with any xbox game. This one was definitely underrated. Just the number of ways alone to kill an enemy gives you hours of entertainment. I'm not an achievement *** by any means, and this is the only game I got 1000/1000 on. I hate playing a game just for achievements.

Anyhow great game, I really wish they'd make a sequel.

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your a loser for even posting this....you have no life....guy was talking books and stuff, was pretty clear...and you post how many retail games and XBLA games you own.....wow....thats amazing... i have 72 retail games , so i am almost as cool as you...almost....

 ElektroDragon wrote:

 VonStrom wrote:

So far I am enjoying this game. Picked it up at FYE for $15.

I have a huge Collection. This game is pretty true to the comics.

You have a huge collection?  I have 80 retail 360 games and 60 XBLA.  How about you?

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 Minuteman wrote:

I can't believe this game didn't get better review scores.  I just picked it up for $20 at Gamestop and I've been having an absolute blast with it.  The variety of combat moves is great, and dispatching your enemies in this game is incredibly satisfying.

The only missing features I would have liked to see are a way to replay any level after you have beaten it the first time, and a co-op mode to play with one other player would have been cool.  It would have been cool if they made A'kanna a playable character with her own variations on the combat moves as well.

i can't believe too...the game is pure adrenaline...i hope THQ make the sequel.

The game was a lot of fun for me, until the last boss.  That guy made me want to break my disc into pieces and shove the resulting shards into the eyeballs of every developer at THQ.

The rest of the experience was really entertaining.  Just like the stories, the game is basically the wet dream of a testosterone-filled teenager.  There's a lot of hacking, chopping and plenty of bare-chested women to rescue.  Being able to fluidly change weapon styles by disarming your enemy, picking up a weapon from the ground or hurling a weapon at your enemy made fights very cool.  The combat moves themselves were just ridiculously bloody and vicious; scissor-cutting a guy's head off?  Hacking them limb-from-limb?  Throwing them up in the air, impaling them on their way down and then flinging them to the ground?  Give me all kinds of that.  Then you also get effects like limbs rolling across the ground and blood trails staining the sand at your feet.  The only drawback to the combat, for me, was the random nature of the parry executions.  It should just be hit any button to do any execution, similar to Gears of War 2, instead of just a random button flashing up.  The random button minigame, while it was cool and all after God of War came out, has been done a bit too much and we can dial back on it now.

The graphics aren't amazing, but they suffice for the nature of the game.  Ron Perlman has a really good voice for Conan, I think.  The dialogue is typical Conan, which may or may not be a good thing for various personal tastes.  Personally, I liked it.

I always liked the game, except for the last boss, and I've always recommended it for people looking for a good brawler sort of game.  When you'd rather skip the epic RPG storylines, the FPS deathmatchs or turtling RTS experiences and you're in the mood to crush your enemies, you can't go wrong with Conan.

Even on the hardest difficulty I found the last Boss fairly easy once you picked up his attack pattern, the Goo Men were a little harder to deal with, but again if you can lure them to the opposite side of the turning wheel at the right time, you can get away without fighting them.

The last boss just ruined it for me....

And it was because he was that black *** from the Xfiles.

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 irock360ecp wrote:

your a loser for even posting this....you have no life....guy was talking books and stuff, was pretty clear...and you post how many retail games and XBLA games you own.....wow....thats amazing... i have 72 retail games , so i am almost as cool as you...almost....

 ElektroDragon wrote:

 VonStrom wrote:

So far I am enjoying this game. Picked it up at FYE for $15.

I have a huge Collection. This game is pretty true to the comics.

You have a huge collection?  I have 80 retail 360 games and 60 XBLA.  How about you?

the kids had a misunderstanding, no need to be a douchebag. you realize a LOT of people would say the same about you? (or me, or any of us 'nerds' for that matter?)

 Rainueto wrote:

The best quote in this awesome game

"Take me and crush me with your Love!"

unfortunately when My girlfriend says that she's making fun of my weight.

 VonStrom wrote:

Of Conan Books, novels and comics.........

how are the recent Dark Horse comics? i've been meaning to pick up a few trades.

-U read any Solomon Kane?

 Rainueto wrote:

The best quote in this awesome game

"Take me and crush me with your Love!"

My wife laughed her cute little butt off when she heard that one...

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I also absolutely love this game. I don't understand why it got bad reviews and didn't appeal to the majority of gamers. Yes graphics is not the best, but it is only noticeable during cutscenes and you stop noticing it after couple hours. Gameplay graphics is great, animation is great, voice acting is great, story is decent, fighting is the best I've seen and most importantly it is just FUN to play. Sad that we won't see any sequels.

Any game where you can rip out people's hearts has me sold....

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 RC 1337 wrote:

The only drawback to the combat, for me, was the random nature of the parry executions.  It should just be hit any button to do any execution, similar to Gears of War 2, instead of just a random button flashing up.  The random button minigame, while it was cool and all after God of War came out, has been done a bit too much and we can dial back on it now.

I don't believe they were random. I think it had a lot to do with where in the enemy's swing you actually parried. Performing a parry earlier in the swing would actually get one button to flash, while performing one later in the enemy's swing would get you another. At least that's what I thought I read somewhere.

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